{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-scotland-regulations-2012/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-scotland-regulations-2012/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2012/318",
  "legislation_title": "The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-scotland-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Restrictions on the use of certain epoxy derivatives (BADGE, BFDGE and NOGE)",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n(a) any reference to a numbered Article or Annex is a reference to that Article or Annex in Regulation 1895/2005; and\n(b) paragraphs (2) and (3) are subject to Article 1(3) (scope) .\n(2) Subject to Article 6(1), (2) and (4) (transitional provisions) , no person may place on the market or use, in the course of a business in connection with the storage, preparation, packaging, sale or service of food—\n(a) any material or article in contravention of Article 3 (prohibition on use or presence of BFDGE) or Article 4 (prohibition on use or presence of NOGE); or\n(b) any material or article that fails to comply with the restrictions contained in Article 2 (BADGE) as read with Annex I (specific migration limit for BADGE and certain of its derivatives).\n(3) Subject to Article 6(3) , no person may place on the market any material or article which fails to comply with the requirements of Article 5 (written declaration) .\n(4) Any person who contravenes paragraph (2) or (3) commits an offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Article 1(3) contains an exception relating to certain containers and storage tanks and pipelines belonging to them."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "Article 6(1) and (2) provide for transitional arrangements for the application of Articles 2, 3 and 4 to specified materials and articles; Article 6(4) allows the marketing of specified materials and articles if certain labelling requirements are met."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "Article 6(3) provides for a transitional provision in relation to the application of Article 5 to specified materials and articles that were brought into contact with food before 1st January 2007."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "Article 5 requires materials and articles containing BADGE and its derivatives to be accompanied by specified written material when being marketed at the pre-retail stages."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/318/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:42:06.765569+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}